The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-12-29
THE TERRITORY,
Items of Interest From Both
Sides of the Divide.
Incidents Worthy of Note Occurring
During the Week Given
Space Herein.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

congress mas adjourned until January
4th.
Representative Moffatt of Michigan
died in Washington last week.
Society at Fort Assinaboine has been
whooping it up during the holidays.
Judge o. II. P. Thoroughman of Butte
died at Chestnut, Mont, last Monday.
McKenna won the billiard match with
Eames in Boston by a score of 5000 to IS.
+. NJ. Wilson, formerly of the indie
pendent, has accepted position on the
River Press staff.
A ma from Boston is in the vicinity oi
livingston, purchasing ponies to be used
in the polo clubs OF that city.
through the active exertions of Dele
gate Toole, two extra clerks have been
allowed the Helena postoiice.
The secretary of the treasury wants
congress to at once appropriate nearly
$, 5000, 900 to meet Deficiencies
The new time card OF the Utah 4 North
ern shortans UP the time Of the run be-
tween Ogden and Butte five hours.
The ladies of Mlssoula are making
elaborate preparations for leap year
ball. The Missouia boys are in luck.
The commissioners of Choteau county
were rendered a plimentary banquet
by the citizens OF Fort Benton last week.
Judge McLeary has donated to the
ontana Historical society 200 volumes
Of department reports, legislation journ-
ais, etc.
Tho management Of the Helena Indc-
pendent regaled it's force to a grand
spread served at tho Bon ION Restaur-
ant at 12 o'clock on the night of the 24th.
The second dance Of the Pioneer Clslb
was held in Helena last week and enjoy
ed by large company. They are the
popular social features Of tho season in
the capital city
Mr.. Geo. F. Woolsten, who has under
taken to supply Fort Benton with water
works, among other business matters OF
Importance, has decided upon the erec-
ton at Benton of wooden mill and is
now receiving bids for necessary machin-
cry from various eastern manufactures.
In the cases of J.M.Buckley and T.F.
Oakes, motion to quash was made by
WE. Sanders, Esq, the statute of limit
ations running against the Indictment,
and it was sustained. This settles the tim
ber suits brought at this term. not one Of
them having any ground to stand on in
a court OF law.
River Press: A new line is being s11r-
veyed up the Bitter Root valley y
Northern Pacific engineers, the first one
proving unsatisfactory on account Of the
onsineering difficulties encountered. It
lo UellC'cu " NO C1o lHteutlOl I'll Cue
company to ultimately extend the line on
to Idaho and build up large through
traffic between the territories
The Merchants National bank of this
city have purchased all the refunding
bonds of Jefferson county and also those
about to be issued by Fergus county.
These two issues will amount to $4,000,
and enables the two counties to pay off
all their warrants IN cash. The bank is
also negotiating for the purchase of the
bonds of three other counties in the ter
ritory.-Independent.
Last Tuesday at Fort Shaw while one
of the nuns of St. Peters mission was
lighting the candles in the church prep
airing for the Christmas ceremonies, her
gown became accidently ignited by COM
ing in contact with the flames of one Of
the lower candles. The soldiers being
near, the flames were discovered, and by
hasty movement on their part, extin-
guished in time to prevent any i'll result
or alarm.
A special to the Independent of the
2Sth says: Up to last night no mail has
been received at Fort Benton from Great
Falls and other interior points of the ter
ritory for five consecutive days. Tonight
an Indignation meeting Of leading citi-
zens of the city was held and resolutions
adopted denouncing the delay in the
mail service as sinexcusable, the business
interests being seriously affected by
the delay. A copy of the resolutions has
been forwarded Delegate Toole at Wash
ington with the request that the matter
be brought to the attention of the post
master-general at once.
The newest fad in the east is "advance
poker" played by both ladies and gen.
tlemen. We have not yet learned what
it is nor how played, but deyoutly hope
for the benefit Of suffering humanity
that it is not an offspring Of progressive
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